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TUT #4USING COREL PAINT SHOP PRO XTRANSLATEBLEThis tut was requested by flambeau. (Sorry it's not exactly the same... I tried but I could not for the life of me remember how I did it the first time... this is the best I could do...)

Going from this: To this:Trying to recreate this:1. Duplicate your base and set to screen

3: Duplicate your base, bring to the top, and set to Luminance(legacy)

4: New hue/saturation/lightness layerReds: -20

5. Add this texture and set it to lighten at 35% opacity. Add this texture rotate it to the left once and set to lighten at 15% opacity. Add this texture and set it to 25% opacity. Add this last texture rotate it to the right twice and set to 15% opacity.

Tutorial #1~ requested by Wunderkind_Lucy Made for GIMP but should be translatable. Please DO NOT copy exactly!

Going from this:to this:trying to re-create this:

1. Crop and resize pic to 100x100. 2. Go to Filters>Enhance> Sharpen 40. 3. Duplicate Base Image twice. 4. Set the first layer to screen 40, and the second layer to soft light 100. 5. Flatten Image. 6. Use the blur/sharpen tool with a circle (05) brush (Opacity: 100% Rate: 75) to carefully smooth her face. 7. Go to Colors>Hue-Saturation and set the Master Saturation to 25. 8. Make a new layer and fill it with #d2b48c and set it to Multiply 25. 9. Make two more layers and fill them with #ffffff. Set the first layer to Overlay 100, and the second to Overlay 75. Add a layer mask to both these layers (Layer>Mask>Add Layer Mask). Copy the Base Image and paste into the Layer Mask. (Make sure you have the mask selected not the layer) Delete the floating layers. Then invert the masks (Colors>Invert). 10. Duplicate the Base Image, and the fill the bottom image with #000000. 11. To the Background Copy (in this case Lucy) add a layer mask (Layer>Mask>Add Layer Mask). On the mask, paint with a Circle Fuzzy (15) brush using #000000 along the left side along the edge. Don't go to far into the pic. 12. Add this texture>< Rotate it 90 degrees to the right. Set it to Multiply 100. Erase the top part of the texture with a Circle Fuzzy (15) brush till you get to the part of the texture going down. 13. Now I added the text using Gulim (Size:15) on "so very" and Garamond Italic (Size: 31 and I changed the distance between the letters to -1.0) for "alone". 14. For a simple light texture: Fill a new layer with #000000 and set it to Normal. Using a Circle (19) brush, paint a single dot over the words in #d51b00. Go to Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur, and use a blur radius of 30. Set the layer to Screen 100.

And you're done! If you have any questions/comments feel free to PM me

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Tutorial #2 ~ requested by Wunderkind_LucyMade for GIMP but should be translatable. Please DO NOT copy exactly!

Going from this:to this:trying to recreate this:

1. Crop and resize to 100x100.2. Go to Colors> Levels and put in: 77 1.01 2373. Go to Filters>Enhance>Sharpen 40.4. Go to Colors>Hue-Saturation and set the Master Saturation to 50 and Master Hue to 5, and the Red Saturation to -30.5. Using the blur/sharpen tool with a Circle (07) brush carefully smooth out her face.6. Fill a new layer with #00084c and set to Overlay 25.7. Duplicate Base Image twice and bring the layers to the top. Set the first to Soft Light 25, and the second to Screen 25.8. I then added some tiny text using Vrinda (Size: 5 and #6d1735).

Tutorial #3 ~ requested by Wunderkind_Lucy Made for GIMP but should be translatable. Please DO NOT copy exactly!

Going from this: to this:trying to recreate this:

1. Crop/resize to 100x100.2. Go to Filters>Enhance>Sharpen 40.3. Use Blur tool (75 opacity) to carefully smooth her face.4. Go to Colors>Hue-Saturation and set Master saturation to 25.5. Duplicate Base Image twice. Set the first layer to Screen 100 and the second layer to Soft Light 100.6. Flatten Image.7. Fill new layer with #d2b48c and set to Multiply 50.8. Fill three new layers with #ffffff.9. For the first layer set to Overlay 100. Go to Layer>Mask>Add Layer Mask. Copy base image and paste into the mask. Invert the mask.10. For the second layer set to Overlay 35. Go to Layer>Mask>Add Layer Mask. Copy base image and paste into the mask. Invert the mask.11. For the third layer set to Overlay 75. Go to Layer>Mask>Add Layer Mask. Copy base image and paste into the mask, but don't invert it.12. Fill new layer with #000000 set to Normal 75. Paint #ff251a with a Circle 19 (Scale: 2.50) on the right side. Go to Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur 30. Set layer to Screen 100.13. Fill new layer with #305283 set to Soft Light 100.14. Duplicate base image and bring to top. Set the layer to Overlay 35.15. Add tiny text using Calibri (Size: 7 Color: #ffffff) and set the space between the lines to -3.0.

First I opened the image (a screencap from SpareOom.net) and cropped and scaled it.

Then I blurred the background with the tool set on 100. I blurred her face some too and sharpened her eyes and mouth.

Then go to Colors>Color Balance. Midtones: yellow -15

Colors>Color Balance again (I decided it had too much yellow, and I don't know if combining the two will have the same effect.) Shadows: -12, 0, 0Midtones: -5, 0, 0Highlights: 0, 0, -6

Open up Colors>Hue-Saturation and set the Master Saturation to 30.

Open up Colors>Brightness/Contrast: Set the brightness to 8 and the contrast to 18

I added this texture (by ?). I rotated it 90 degrees counter-clockwise and set it to Screen 100%

Then I added this texture (by ?). I set it to Screen 60%

I added this tiny text (by ?), set it to Screen 100%, and moved it where I wanted it.Flatten image.

That's it! If you have any questions, please PM me!Please don't copy exactly.

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Tutorial #2 requested by Wunderkind_Lucy. For GIMP, may be translatable.

From this to this , recreating this .

Crop/scale your image (I used a base from SpareOom.net).

I duplicated it and white-balanced the top layer (Color>Auto>White Balance), then set the top layer on Soft Light.

Then I added a fill layer of e3dacb in between the two layers and set it on Divide 100%

On top of the three layers I added a fill layer of dcedfe and set it to Divide 100%. I duplicated it 3 times (4 layers of blue) and set the top middle layer (#3) on Multiply 50% and the layer directly underneath it (#2) on Multiply 100%

Flatten image (If your image is too dark, you may want to duplicate the e3dacb layer, or do other lightening effects).

Add a fill layer of 000228 and set it on Screen 100%. Duplicate it twice (3 layers) and set the top one on subtract. In other programs, this is equal to a single layer of Exclusion.

Add a fill layer of e3dacb and set it on Divide 100%. Flatten the image.

Take this texture (by ?) and set it to Multiply 100%

Take this texture (by NL101) and set it to Screen 70% (When recreating it, I used 75% and I think that made it look a little too foggy.) Smudge the text and boxes so you can’t see them.

Take this texture (by me) and set it to Addition 50%. Move it so it’s over his head. It just makes it look a little foggier.

Add this text texture (by ibelonginnarnia) Invert the colors and set to Screen 100%. Position wherever you'd like.Flatten image.

That's it! Please PM me if you have any questions.

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